MM Reviews: Fifty Words for Embarrassment

Title: Fifty Words for Embarrassment
Author: Silhouette
Type: Original Fiction
Rating: PG-13

“According to my favorite thesaurus, there are forty-six words for embarrassment. I have four more to add: “Reed at a party.” Want to know why?“

There is no better way to hook a reader than to challenge them and this is exactly what Silhouette does - with surprising ease, I might add - in her story Fifty Words for Embarrassment. Despite the fact that the story only has three chapters posted, it’s not hard to already love the premise of the tale, becoming engrossed in the world of its central characters.

First we are introduced to Rhea, a teenager who spent most of her childhood alone, longing for friendship. One assignment, a complete lie and a short reading to her class later, she earns herself the attention of the kind-hearted Florence Kingsley, aka Flo. With Flo as her new best friend, Rhea soon meets Caleb, Flo’s on-again-off again boyfriend.

Here's where things get interesting - Flo's relationship with Caleb is exposed to be a sham, a strategy to bring Caleb and Rhea together. Rhea is completely uninterested, and ends up building a friendship with Reed, a close friend of Caleb’s who she never met before Caleb confessed their lie.

Silhouette’s storytelling is enchanting, pulling the reader into Rhea's head. We are given the opportunity to put ourselves in the shoes of the quietly confident narrator, whose honesty ends her in a lot of trouble. Filled with well-formed characters and hilarious tales of adventure, it’d be a mistake not to give Fifty Words for Embarrassment a try -- you're bound to find it difficult not to start begging the author for more.

Thank you so much to Fandango and everyody dies; for editing.